The Porch Company - Custom Porch Design and Construction - Nashville, Tennessee

Take a look at this remote garden hideaway. Now imagine that it’s on a property hidden amongst the lush green ivy bushes. Further imagine you’re a writer and this is your private writer’s studio. This detached porch is just that and more. We can’t take credit for the theme’s idea but we played a big part in making it come to life.

The homeowner wanted to build a holly and berry themed writer’s studio that she would call Holly House. She envisioned a holly lined walkway with every last detail of Holly House communicating this beloved and timeless theme. The custom porches we build always start with the homeowners’ vision, goals, and dreams. Adding a screened porch to your home and property fulfills a dream of having an indoor/outdoor space. It’s your place to feel the breeze and listen to the sounds of nature like singing birds and tricking water. It’s your place to read, relax, and hide away. It’s your place for stolen moments alone or with love ones and dear cherished friends. It’s YOUR space. With your vision and our 20 plus years expertise in building screened porches, we can bring an idea to life.

This homeowner wanted an allée lined with holly bushes. She wanted a boardwalk signaling the entry into a serene private world for her writer’s paradise. Imagine traversing this boardwalk and entering this private world. Get ready to come inside.

The holly and berry theme is masterfully continued inside with her meaningful minimalist decorating and with the integrated theme elements throughout.

The picture below is her writer’s desk. Simple. Clean. Devoid of clutter. A writer’s nirvana.

A theme well played is subtly, effortlessly, and deftly communicated. Let’s take a look. In the picture above, you’ll see small red knobs on the shelves contrasting with the stained green bead board.

In the picture above, you’ll note the same red knobs along the posts and header rails. If you look closely, you’ll notice that the brackets on the corner are also carved subtly into the shape of holly leaves. Returning to the grounds, you’ll note the holly and berry themed railing with continued adorable small red knobs.

Furthering your journey and returning to the lush grounds, the boardwalk is a transport, a gateway, and a magic and meaningful divide.

Nancy Moore, founder of The Porch Co. Nashville

If you’re considering adding a screened porch to your Nashville-area home, give us a call for a free consultation at 615-662-2886. If you’re outside the Nashville area and you’re interested in purchasing some of our signature porch components, take a look at our new Porch Store. Make sure to drop me an email if there’s something you’re looking for that you don’t see on the Porch Store.

If you’ve come far enough to read this blog, we sincerely hope you’ve been able to understand the beauty and benefits of our weather-resistant  / rot free PVC panels! We’ve been so excited about the expansion of our products for The Porch Store. We’re constantly in design / R&D mode and that has always been one of our favorite processes at The Porch Company. We love to innovate!

Our PVC porch panels have had some great success. I mean come on… a man who lives in Hawaii happened to be in Nashville and stopped by to look at our panels and even gave us a free bag of authentic Hawaiian macadamia nuts. Not only were the nuts delicious, but he placed an order for our branches panels! We love to see customers that are as excited as we are about this product.

Now, enough excited jibber jabber. We knew the next step was to design these panels to fit stairs. We now have our PVC Stair Railing Panels available for sale on our store. We have three available angles for you to choose from: 30, 32 and 34 degrees. Not sure what the angle is of your stairs? Check out our other blog on stair railing terminology.

If your stair angle does not match any of those provided, no problem! We can design a custom stair panel for you for a one time additional fee of $100.00.

Our stair panels are 6’ long. They can be cut if a shorter width is needed, but they can be no longer than 6’. This means there will need to be a newel post every 6’. This also matches the length of our deckorators graspable hand rails.

The height of our stair panels is 24”, resulting in a 32-36” tall rail.

Just like our regular PVC panels, the designs can be mixed and matched or you can simply match a stair railing to your porch or deck railing, like shown below:

Have more questions? Feel free to give us a call at (615) 662-2886 or send us an e-mail at porchstore@porchco.com .

And don’t forget to keep checking back for new products! I’ve heard something about swing beds and PVC gates on the horizon…

Rachael Moore
The Porch Company